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May 9 2018
RN Job Fair May 11
St. Joseph Medical Center is Recruiting Nurses for Downtown and The Heights Campuses
March 14 2018
Looking for a Rewarding Teen Volunteer Opportunity?
St. Joseph Medical Center Now Recruiting Teens to Join Its Summer Volunteer Family
Join members of the Senior Advantage Program at St. Joseph Medical Center in the Heights on Wednesday, March 14, from 2-3:30 p.m. for Bingo and light refreshments. The fun takes place in the 4th floor meeting room of the hospital at 1917 Ashland Street. Seating is limited and reservations can be made by calling 713-969-5376 by Monday, March 12. Held the second Wednesday of each month, senior Bingo...
February 14 2018
Love Your Heart and Understand Risks of Heart Attack or Stroke
Free Breakfast Seminar for Seniors Feb. 28 at St. Joseph Medical Center in the Heights
Join members of the Senior Advantage Program at St. Joseph Medical Center in the Heights on Wednesday, January 10, from 2-3:30 p.m. for Bingo and light refreshments. The fun takes place in the fourth-floor meeting area of the hospital at 1917 Ashland Street. Seating is limited and reservations can be made by calling 713-969-5376 by Monday, January 8. Held the second Wednesday of each month, senior...
Hosted by St. Joseph Medical Center in the Heights
he Senior Advantage Program at St. Joseph Medical Center in the Heights will celebrate the holiday season Wednesday, Dec. 13, from 2-4 p.m. The merry event is open to all members. Light refreshments, festive holiday music, games, photos and lots of fellowship will mark the joyous occasion. The party will be held in the 4th floor Solarium of the hospital located at 1917 Ashland Street. Seating is ...
October 30 2017
5th Annual Big Shots Classic Nov. 11
Teams Up Robert Horry Sports Medicine and St. Joseph Medical Center
Supports Breast Cancer Awareness; St. Joseph Medical Center Hosts Panel of Physicians, Survivors of Breast Cancer
Join members of the Senior Advantage Program at St. Joseph Medical Center in the Heights on Wednesday, October 11, from 2-3:30 p.m. for Bingo and light refreshments. The fun takes place in the basement-level cafeteria of the hospital at 1917 Ashland Street. Seating is limited and reservations can be made by calling 713-969-5376 by Monday, October 9. Held the second Wednesday of each month, senior ...
September 29 2017
Steward Health Completes Acquisition of Iasis Healthcare
With 36 Hospitals Nationally Including St. Joseph Medical Center in Houston, Steward Becomes the Largest Private Hospital Operator in the U.S.
September 7 2017
Harvey Puts One Texas Hospital’s ‘Code Brown’ Plan to the Test
As Irma barrels toward Florida, Houston’s St. Joseph Medical Center offers advice: ‘stock up and staff up.' Wall Street Journal ...
Nurses Perform Heroics in Houston Hospitals don’t take days off. That’s become more obvious as reports detailing hospital heroics come in from in and around Houston following Hurricane Harvey. At St. Joseph Medical Center in downtown Houston, some nurses and doctors worked for nearly a week, and some hadn’t even been back home after the hurricane hit, according to an NPR report. H&HN MAGAZINE...
September 2 2017
In A Houston Emergency Room, It Was A Week Like No Other
St. Joseph Medical Center is downtown Houston's only hospital, located just down the street from the convention center where thousands of evacuees have been staying since Harvey hit. As of Friday, some doctors and nurses have been on the clock for almost a full week. NPR (National Public Radio) Rachel Osier Lindley/KERA...
More Harvey evacuees are heading to North Texas. Nearly 2,000 people were staying in Dallas shelters as of Friday afternoon. Most of them are at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in downtown. Many of the newest evacuees are coming from Beaumont. Other Harvey evacuees are staying in Fort Worth and Irving. KERA News Gus Conteras...
August 31 2017
Some hospitals hang on as others close amid Harvey's floods
One of the hospitals that has become self-contained is St. Joseph's Medical Center in downtown Houston, which has remained open for the duration of the storm. CNN (https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/30/health/harvey-houston-hospitals/index.html) By Jen Christensen...
August 31 2017
Stryker’s 2017 Annual Review
Stryker’s 2017 Annual Review As Hurricane Harvey barreled toward Houston, St. Joseph Medical Center prepared for the worst. The staff’s stamina would be severely tested over the next five days, as historic amounts of rain pummeled the area, sending scores of desperate people to the hospital....
July 22 2017
What Men Need to Know About Low T
by John Bertini Jr., M.D., FACS Testosterone deficiency syndrome (TDS), now commonly referred to as low testosterone or "low T," is a condition seen in aging men. Current estimates are that six to 12 percent of men 40 years and older experience adverse effects due to testosterone deficiency—and many of them go undiagnosed. There are several symptoms characterized by low testosterone including fa...
Dr. William Sherman wasn’t due back at St. Joseph’s Hospital until 6 a.m., then still more than 12 hours away. The surgeon had worked a shift from 6 a.m. Friday until 9 or 10 o’clock Saturday morning, then slept until about 4 p.m. Houston Chronicle...
HOUSTON (June 16, 2017) – St. Joseph Medical Center welcomes Heidi Wolf, MSNA, BA, RN, as Chief Nursing Officer. Wolf joins the hospital from The Medical Center of Southeast Texas where she served as its Chief Nursing Officer since 2007 and was instrumental in establishing and maintaining hospital operations during Hurricane Ike, which directly hit the Port Arthur area. Wolf began her nursing car...
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